State of Conservation
650
Reports
68
Properties concerned
30
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
2002close
Region:
Africaclose
| States Parties: |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| Year: | 2002 |
| Document Source: | WHC-02/CONF.202/18 |
| Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Illegal activities Land conversion Mining Volcanic eruption |
| Danger List: | Yes |
| States Parties: |
 South Africa
|
| Year: | 2013 |
| Document Source: | WHC-13/37.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2011 |
| Document Source: | WHC-11/35.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2009 |
| Document Source: | WHC-09/33.COM/7B |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Ground transport infrastructure Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution |
| States Parties: |
South Africa
|
| Year: | 2008 |
| Document Source: | WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan Surface water pollution |
| States Parties: |
 Burkina Faso Benin Niger
|
| Year: |
2023
Initialy proposed for examination in 2022
|
| Document Source: | WHC/23/45.COM/7B.Add.2 |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Terrorism |
| States Parties: |
Burkina Faso Benin Niger
|
| Year: |
2021
Initialy proposed for examination in 2020
|
| Document Source: | WHC/21/44.COM/7B.Add |
| Threats*: | Illegal activities Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Terrorism |
| States Parties: |
Burkina Faso Benin Niger
|
| Year: | 2005 |
| Document Source: | WHC-05/29.COM/7B.Rev |
| Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan Mining Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Burkina Faso Benin Niger
|
| Year: | 2004 |
| Document Source: | WHC-04/28.COM/15B |
| Threats*: | Mining Water infrastructure |
| States Parties: |
Burkina Faso Benin Niger
|
| Year: | 2003 |
| Document Source: | WHC.03/27.COM/7B,WHC.03/27.COM/7B.Corr |
| Threats*: | Mining Water infrastructure |
States Parties
Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia ZimbabweThreats
Management systems/ management plan 414 Illegal activities 343 Mining 187 Land conversion 182 Civil unrest 158 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 143 Housing 134 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 132 Financial resources 119 War 115 Human resources 113 Ground transport infrastructure 94 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 80 Management activities 76 Water infrastructure 71 Solid waste 62 Legal framework 61 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 58 Oil and gas 58 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 49 Water (rain/water table) 45 Fire (widlfires) 44 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 44 Forestry /wood production 37 Governance 35 Surface water pollution 33 Interpretative and visitation facilities 31 Crop production 31 Drought 30 Deliberate destruction of heritage 28 Commercial hunting 26 Subsistence hunting 23 Invasive / alien freshwater species 21 Major linear utilities 20 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 20 Water (extraction) 19 Marine transport infrastructure 17 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 17 Other climate change impacts 17 Industrial areas 16 Translocated species 16 Air transport infrastructure 10 Air pollution 10 Flooding 10 Relative humidity 9 Commercial development 8 Ground water pollution 8 Society's valuing of heritage 7 Earthquake 6 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 5 Non-renewable energy facilities 3 Renewable energy facilities 3 Input of excess energy 3 Wind 3 Changes to oceanic waters 3 Terrorism 2 Storms 2 Avalanche/ landslide 2 Volcanic eruption 2 Subsistence wild plant collection 1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 1
* :
The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).
** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.
